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No. 709,889. Patented Sept. 30, I902.

H. F. ENGLEKING.

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(Application filed Apr. 21, 1902.)

(No Model.)-

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY F. ENGLEKING, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 709,889, datedSeptember 30, 1902. Application filed April 21, 1902. Serial No.104,011. (No model.)

To all whom it nuty concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY F. ENGLEKING, a citizen of the United States,residing at No. 775 Loomis street, in the city of Chicago,

, county of Cook,and State of Illinois, have inlications or documentsand having a special file to hold a cover, adapted to securely incloseand cover said publications and documents when not in use, andtoconstruct said file in a simple and inexpensive way and with a simpleand easy adjustment of its several parts to permit the insertion andremoval of the publications and'documents filed and to extend its usebeyond the usual limits of such files.

My improvement consists in the construction, arrangemenaand combinationof the several parts hereinafter described,and illustrated by theaccompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a view of the file with theseveral parts assembled and the publications and I documents thereoninclosed in the cover. Fig.

2 is a longitudinal section through the line 2 2, Fig. 4:. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal section through the line 3 3, Fig. 4, showing theconstruction and arrangement of the spring-fastener in the cap and staffand the connection of the spring and'cap with the staff. Fig. 4

is a sectional view of the staff through the line 4 4:, Fig. 3, showingthe channels in the stafi' and the files in their relative positions andthe transverse groove in which the springfastener operates, as shown bythe dotted lines, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a sectional View of the staifthrough the line 5 5, Fig. 1, showing the channels and files with thepapers and documents attached thereto. Fig. 6 is a plan view of theplate affixed to the end of the staff and through which thespring-fastener passes into and through the cap and beneath which thespring-fastener operates, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 7 is a planview of the cap, showing the channel through which the papers anddocuments are inserted in the staff and the position of thespring-fastener when the cap and staff are locked together and the fileis complete and the papers and documents thereon are secured in theirrespective places.

In the drawings, A is a staff in which the papers and documents,together with the cover, are held and on which they are folded whendesired.

B represents longitudinal triangular channels cut in staff A, in whichthe papers and documents are inserted and held.

B is a longitudinal triangular channel, in which the cover is insertedand held.

0 represents files which are inserted, together with the papers,documents, and cover, in the channels B and B in the stafi A. 0' representspapers and documents held by the files.

C is the cover.

D is a movable cap which fits over one end of the stafi and is retainedthereon by the spring-fastener and is free to be revolved when thespring-fastener is depressed, as shown by the dotted line in Fig. 3.

D is a triangular groove in the movable cap, D, through which thepapers, documents,and cover are passed into the several channels in thestaff.

D is a washer resting on top of the cap, through which thespring-fastener passes and which forms a bearing for the eye,which reststhereon.

F, by which the file may be suspended when not in use and which forms abearing on the plate D holding the spring F in connection with the plateE and cap D.

The material used in the construction of my improved file is preferablywood, except the spring-fastener, its washer, plate, and the files,which are preferably metal, though I reserve the right to use anymaterial suitable for the purposes and uses required.

The staff A is made, preferably, of one piece and is constructed withseveral longitudinal triangular channels B, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, 4,and 5, one of said channels being preferably smaller and adapted to holdthe coverof the file, as shown at B, Figs. f and 5. The base of saidtriangular channels being rounded, all of these channels are slightlyenlarged and rounded at one end of the staff to facilitate the insertionof the papers, documents, and cover. At this same end of the staff is atransverse groove F, as shown in Fig. 4, the base of said groove beinginclined, as shown in Fig. 3. On this same end of the staff and coveringsaid groove the plate E, Fig. 6, is affixed, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.In this groove F the spring-fastener F is arranged, as shown in Fig. 3,the free end of said spring extending from the deepest side of saidgroove F. The fixed end extends through the center of the plate E. Overthis end of the staff the cap D is placed, and through its center thefixed end of the spring F extends and is bent into the form of an eye Fas shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the eye resting on the plate D, as shown inFigs. 2 and 3, the washer D the plate E, and spring F forming a bearingin which the cap D is free to be revolved and by which the cap D isattached to and held on the staff A, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. In oneside of the cap D is a triangular groove or opening, as shown in Figs.1, 3, and 7, corresponding in size and shape to the longitudinalchannels in the staff and through which the free end of the spring Fprojects when the file is closed and in use, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, and7, and also through which the papers and documents are passed into theseveral channels of the staff as the cap is revolved and the openingtherein is brought into line with each of the several channels in thestaff.

When the file is constructed as herein described, with the cap G affixedto one end of the staff and the movable cap D attached to the other endand in the position shown in Fig. 3, all the channels in the staff areclosed. To attach the cover to the staff, the spring F is depressed tothe position shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 3 and the cap D revolvedtill the opening D in the cap D is in line with the channel B in thestaff A. The cover, either double or looped at one end, is placed overone of the loose files C and inserted, with the file, in the channel B.The cap D is then moved around till the opening D is in line with thenext channel in the staff, and the paper or document to be filed isplaced over another of the loose files O and inserted in the staff. Thisoperation is repeated till the file is filled or till the requiredpapers or docuposition the depressed spring is released and resumes theposition shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 7, in which position the cap islocked and the matter filed is secure from displacement and may beopened for use or be rolled up in the cover and the file be hung up bythe eye or otherwise disposed of.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. A file for the temporary or permanent preservation of papers,journals,charts, plats, maps, plans, drawings, blue-prints and otherdocuments, comprising a main staff preferably of wood, and cylindricalin form and of one piece, said staff being constructed with severallongitudinal channels of triangular form and closed at one end of saidstaff, the openings at the other end of said staff being enlarged androunded out, and also having a transverse groove across the end of saidstafi and between the open ends of said channels; a plate correspondingin form to the end of said staff and affixed thereto and having openingscorresponding to the shape of the open ends of the channels in saidstaff and covering said transverse groove; a spring adapted to beretained and to be operated in said transverse groove the free end ofsaid spring extending therefrom and beyond the diameter of said staff,the fixed end extending through a hole in the center of said plate andformed into an eye; a number of loose rods or files corresponding to thenumber of channels in the staff and adapted to be freely inserted andremoved therefrom, and a cap adapted to fit over the end of the staffand to cover the open ends of the channels and to be held in position onsaid staff by the fixed end of said spring and having an opening in itsperiphery corresponding in form with the open ends of the channels inthe staff, said cap being arranged to be rotated on said staff and theopening in said cap brought into line with the opening of the channelsin the staff and to close all of said channels and to be locked in theclosed position by the free end of the spring, substantially asdescribed and for the purposes specified.

2. The combination in a file of the class described of a main staffhaving aseries of Iongitudinal channels, the interior sectional area ofeach of said channels increasing in size from the exterior opening andtoward the axis of said staff, so as to provide ample space for theinsertion therein and removal therefrom of a loose rod or file and forthe folds of paper or fabric surrounding said rod or file when adjustedand held in said channel, and a series of rods or files corresponding innumber with the said channels, with means for closing the ends of saidchannels and thereby retaining said rods therein, substantially asdescribed.

3. The combination of a file of the class described of a main stafihaving a transverse groove in its end, and several longitudinal channelstriangular in form; rods or files corresponding in number to saidchannels and adapted to be inserted and removed there from and a movablecap adapted to be attached to one end of said staff and having anopening corresponding to the open ends'of said channels, with a springadapted to be re-.

tained and operated in the transverse groove in the end of said staffand bya plate afiixed to said staff and covering said groove and to holdsaid cap and lock it in position to close said channels, substantiallyas described and for the purposes specified.

4. The combination in a file of the class de- 7 scribed of a main stalfhaving several longitudinal triangular channels and a transverse groovein one end of said stafi and rods or

